When the fire chief of Jericho, Arkansas, finally got fed up and went to court a few days ago to challenge his second traffic ticket in as many days, the town's entire 7-man police force showed up for the hearing. And then shot him.
Seriously. Apparently a scuffle broke out and one of the cops pulled out his gun and shot the guy in open court. He's OK, but the police department, which was already in deep trouble for its habit of ticketing everything on wheels that rolled through Jericho, has been disbanded and all outstanding tickets have been voided. The town's part-time judge has quit too. And nobody knows what's happened to all the ticket revenue.
Apparently the (county-based) Sheriff's department is now investigating the disappearance of all the ($150) fines levied by the police department: and the Police apparently had also been abusing their power by issuing tickets on the nearby interstate (motorway) which is outside their jurisdiction.After the shooting, Martin said police chief Willie Frazier told the sheriff's department he was disbanding the police force "until things calm down." The sheriff's department has been patrolling the town in the meantime.
I just love the 'until things calm down' bit ... so as soon as the press have packed up and gone away, these vile execrable excuses for human beings will be back, abusing their power and gouging any passers-by of spare cash on any excuse, no doubt.
Mayor Helen Adams declined to speak about the shooting when approached outside her home, saying she had just returned from a doctor's appointment and couldn't talk.
"We'll get with you after all this comes through," Adams said Tuesday before shutting the door.
A white Ford Crown Victoria sat in her driveway with "public property" license plates. A sales brochure advertising police equipment sat in the back seat of the car.
Of course, as of Saturday she still hasn't made any public comment.Welcome to Arkansas, monkeys, and nuts, to misquote Shakespeare
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